Executive Order 13063 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.23)

Executive Order 13063—Level V of the Executive Schedule: Removal of the Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Department of Labor

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Tuesday, September 30, 1997

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1 min read (111 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.

This executive order, signed by President William J. Clinton on 1997-09-30, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Level V of the Executive Schedule: Removal of the Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Department of Labor." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: An early statesman would view this measure favorably under Article II, Section 3 (the Take Care Clause). The President operates strictly within the ambit of executing established laws and supervising departmental subordinates, respecting the supremacy of the legislative branch without fabricating novel statutory obligations.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Level V of the Executive Schedule: Removal of the Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Department of Labor.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

111

698 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.23

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 13063, William J. Clinton (Sep 30, 1997). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-13063-level-v-the-executive-schedule-removal-the-executive-director.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 5317 of title 5, United States Code, and in order to remove a position from Level V of the Executive Schedule, it is hereby ordered that section 1-102 of Executive Order 12154, as amended, is further amended by removing the following subsection from section 1-102: "(b) Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Department of Labor"; and relettering subsections (c) through (f) as subsections (b) through (e), respectively. William J. Clinton The White House, September 30, 1997. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., October 1, 1997]